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Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
What SEP is
Where : 4 regions , 22 countries
An initiative that aims to help
tropical developing countries to
document and understand their
plant biodiversity and use it
sustainably
When : since 2006 (first project
cycle, 2006-2012)
With what means : French
Foreign Ministry, 3.3 million euros
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation
COP 10 - Nagoya 2010
Why SEP was created
Overall main achievements
Goal: to help developing countries defend
their rights in CBD negotiations
• By reinforcing their scientific capacities
• By bringing together scientists and decision-
makers
Contribute to the goals of the Global
Strategy for Plant Conservation
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
What SEP is: three components
Education, training,
workshops, seminars
4 large international meetings,
1200 participants
Including the launching of the
Flora of Indochina (biannual)
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
What SEP is: three components
Education, training,
workshops, seminars
Supporting herbaria,
botanical gardens, and
networks of botanists 11 regional, 7
national technical
workshops, 500
participants
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
What SEP is: three components
Education, training,
workshops, seminars
Supporting herbaria,
botanical gardens, and
networks of botanists
Competitive funding for
research and herbarium
development 26 research projects,
18 herbarium support projects
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
Highlight on three achievements
1. Competitive
proposals, led
by scientists
from the South
Research
Strengthening
herbaria
Logic of scientific
excellence
39 peer-reviewed
publications,
51 PhD & Master
theses
Prize-winning
research
4 nat. herbaria created,
211,000 specimens
databased in 18 herbaria
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
SEP project no. 349: Bamboos of Indochina
Led by Dr. My Hanh DIEP
UNDP Equator Prize, Equator
Initiative, New York, 2010
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
Highlight on three achievements
2. Capacity-building for managing information about biodiversity
SEP-CEPDEC Programme
Capacity Enhancement Programme for Developing Countries
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Objectives of SEP CEPDEC:
• establish a GBIF national node in the SEP countries that are already GBIF
members;
• train national partners and stakeholders in key areas of biodiversity informatics;
• mobilize national biodiversity data; and
• support formulation of national and international policies on biodiversity.
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
SEP-CEPDEC Programme
Capacity Enhancement Programme for Developing Countries
Outreach: 4 regional
training sessions for 220
scientists from 22 countries
Strengthening 5 existing
GBIF nodes: over 10,000
records connected /
country
5 new GBIF members:
Togo, Mauritania, Cent.
Af. Rep., Congo, Comoros
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Title of presentation Overall main achievements
Highlight on three achievements
3. Education and training
• Systematics • Bioinformatics • Ecology • Ethnosciences
An international Master’s program in tropical plant biodiversity (M1 & M2)
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
Mixed South-North curriculum: 2 semesters South; 2 semesters North
Mixed South-North class: ~ 2/3 students South; 1/3 students North
Sustainable in the long term: 6 classes since September 2009, on going
Trains new generations of botanists in South-South & South-North network
Brings together the best academic skills in South & North
45 South students graduated in the 4 first classes
Title of presentation
Africa Rising – Cape Town 19-22 May 2015
coming next… SEP Sustainable Development (SEP2D)
